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Show Tuesday, October 30, 1990 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 5B Letters to the editor Openly Insulting Editor: I feel that if the teachers at Carbon High School can openly insult teachers and students at Emery County High School, I can just imagine how they must talk about their own students and the parents. Who are teachers to say anything about anyone at all? Let alone rap about them. Before they go insulting others, they should make sure there are not any skeletons in their own closets. I was once a student at Carbon High and was proud until now. Now, I am ashamed to even say that I was a student at Carbon High. Who do teachers think they are to judge these people and condemn them? Is this what they teach the students nowadays in class, to be judgmental? Is this what we pay them to teach in school? If so, then maybe we need to hire someone who will do the job that we taxpayers pay them to do. Petrita Coult What to believe? Editor: 1 am an independent voter I sometimes Strand have to say? Somehow, I dont find just their reports believable. R. Johnson Provo vote Democratic and sometimes vote Republican. I vote.for the man rather than the party. I generally, however, do vote Republican but am having difficulty deciding what to do this time. Its difficult to know just what to believe. Somehow, that supposedly independent audit by Bramble of Snows finances just doesnt seem quite independent. What I have been waiting and waiting for is a truly independent and unbiased report of just what happened in all that mess between Snow and Stand and associates. Ive read somewhere that some of the other investors not only lost money, but reported that Snow was very much involved in running the various companies which eventually resulted in Strands conviction. How about a report indicating what other people besides Snow and faculty and staff members at Carbon High School during homecoming. Sometimes, we think that the general public has forgotten what high school life is all about. Aside from the primary goal of academic achievement that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cooperates with throughout the year, hunters have traditionally demonstrated good habits. These include checking routes and destinations, receiving Have good hunt permission to cross or hunt on Editor: experiprivate lands, closing gates is the For many of us in the westlife. of ence student litter. and cleaning up ern states, one of the most BLM can help with maps, What a great thing it has about important things directions or information been to once autumn is that it signals the about the nearest again have a state fish between start of the hunting season. and friendly rivalry game office responsible ourselves and our neighbor, Whether it be for deer, grouse, for hunting licenses, Emery County High School. antelope or pheasant, its a BLM and hunters have Those people who misconstrue pastime that many have been been well over working very of students or staff antics the involved in since they were big for to the provide help Carbon years rifle. during Highs recent enough to hold a to pleasant experiences. hunting activities our nations homecoming Fortunately, I know this year will bring a more than mean have lands anything provided' public broad expanses of wildlife more of the same. Happy and friendly jest and a promotion of school spirit have forgotten habitat for millions of hunters safe hunting. Jamison Cy own high school days. A their there are In fact, every year. BLM director over 270 million acres of publgood rivalry between institutions helps promote a healthy ic land in the 11 western school atmosphere and pride. states and Alaska. But if these One should note the creato to lands are continue proLighten up tive pranks of two of our most vide excellent hunting and Editor: other recreational opportuniThis letter is in response to prestigious universities in with be must treated a previous editorial that this state, the University of ties, they Utah and Brigham Young care and respect. appeared in your paper conLike many wise land users cerning a rap" performed by University. What a dud high a soul-enrichi- ng school and college would be without that aspect of student life. It is widely known that the opening of school at Carbon High this year was an adven- ture," to say the least. While the comments made in the rap were essentially true, they were merely poking fun at what the students and staff have endured while the work on our building has been progressing. To individuals who might have taken offense at something done in fun, we simply say, Lighten up!" What would this world be like if we couldnt make comments on or laugh at the people and events in our lives? We would make a public apology if we really believed it appropriate. However, we simply say that individuals taking offense ought to look at themselves and wonder if, perhaps, they are growing old before their time. Faculty and staff Carbon High School (Guest column A fair tax reduction By MERRILL COOK Guest columnist Most Americans believe that taxing food is a bad idea. Eighty percent of all Americans do not pay tax on food. The 35 states that do not tax food have followed the recommendations of. economists of all political persuasions that food tax is the most unfair and regressive of all taxes. Utahns especially are in need of a tax reduction- because they are some of the highest taxed and lowest paid people in the U.S. State and local governments have been growing rapidly while personal income after inflation has been shrinking, - creating an imbalance that eliminating sales tax from food will help to correct. Most people who believe we should tax food are concerned that either essential government services would be cut or other taxes would be raised. There are a number ofreasons why these things need not happen. Surplus. Budget officials are now admitting an ongoing surplus of approximately $130 million per annum, and it may go as high as $150 million. Since the elimination of sales tax on food would cut only about $100 million from state and local government, this tax cut can be achieved without Roylco (Continued from Page 4) scholarly guys? Philosophers and writers? Lots of culture and all mean, high-clas- s that? Real civilized and sophisticated?" cutting essential services or services, lax management and raising other taxes. In spite of too much bureaucracy. At the the governors protests, THE state level, Syncrete, cold SURPLUS BELONGS TO fusion prior to confirmation, THE PEOPLE. If we let the ski industry subsidies, lake surplus keep accumulating, pumps and procedures atTim-panogMental Health, and rather than government offiat the local level, Select Telecials having to budget carefully to cover their needs and phone and Lake Wasatch are essential services to the peo- just a few examples. Cutting ple, they will be looking for wasteful spending will allow ways to use the surplus (i.e., budget adjustments without and lavish remodeling jobs and hurting essential-servic- e programs. costly world trips that bear human-servic- e little fruit) in, order to avoid Any one of the above three either totally or partialwould admitting to the people that the huge tax increases of three ly offset the loss of revenue years ago were not really from removing this tax. And they could and should all be necessary. interLoopholes. Special ests with powerful lobbies get big sales tax exemptions. Why shouldnt the average citizen, then, get an exemption for implemented. The main concerns of removing the sales tax on food are the effect it would have on such things as higher educa tion, cities and towns and human services. With regard to higher education, teaching loads at state universities (Continued on Page 6) os NOTRE DAME HOME SCHOOL ASSOC. is sponsoring FAMILY GAME NIGHT every Saturday From 8 pm 10 pm -- at the Notre Dame Cafeteria. food? But why Wasteful and unwise you ask? I just wondered what went Yes. do wrong." Oh, shut up. Youre welcome." spending. According to the governors own Committee on Government, over $200 million is lost annually because of duplication of Cost-effecti- O, s ve " ( Harold S; Jensen MSj for State Board of s s district Noi9 Six years public school teacher College Professor for 1 3 years 15 years CPA and Economic ' Planner in Central and Southeastern Utah I ' & The UEA wants to be able to elect their own candidates by financing S s s ssO- vs V. school board member's campaigns friendly to their cause. Harold Is not supported or financed by the Utah Education Association. Harold prefers career ladder money be spent to purchase books and supplies Instead of extra work and committee assignments. Career ladder money should be retained and paid to good teachers. The teachers unions (UEA and AFT) are against merit pay. Instead of twenty years. In Good teachers should receive maximum pay ten years In the benefits country. The teachers Utah teachers have the best retirement Public Utah and Employees Retirement. receive both Social Security be made at the school level Instead should decisions and Harold believes control ' of at the district and state levels. Rural Utah needs a candidate who feels good teachers should receive good pay. In the local school He does not think the teachers unions and the bureaucracy rural schools are run. how the dictate should education of districts and state office and Harold feels his training and experience In finance, auditing, education rural for Board of Education State of the member best him the will make taxation The first day ofschool is frightening. Especially ifyouve been absent for 15 years. When Jane Regan and her young son moved to Utah she was eager to start a new life. Unfortunately, she didnt have any job skills. Then she heard about a known as the Single Parent Ecoprogram nomic Independence Development Project (SPEID), now part of the Single Head of Household Raining Program. The outgrowth of a program piloted by U S WEST t. There, Jane touched the keyboard of a computer for the first time. And now, Jane has a job working with computers At U S WEST were proud to involve ourselves in programs like SPEID and Single Head of Household framing. Programs that inspire people to grow. And in Janes case, make the world a little less frightening Making tfm moat of your thm.' For f self-doub- usivEsr Utah VOTE NOVEMBER 6 and others, SPEID is made up of business people who work with struggling singlet into parents. Together, they turn more Mnrmauofv util the Single Head of Houwhokl Ml I7&S in Salt lakr City Training Program at |